The Toyota Me.We concept has been unveiled in Paris, revealing a minimalist compact vehicle capable of being a small city car, an off-roader, a ute and a convertible. Powered by four electric motors – one in each wheel, like the ...
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By its own admission, VW UK’s public relations department says the new Volkswagen Rock Up! and Volkswagen Groove Up! will appeal to “fans of loud music, great-looking small cars and questionable puns”. Inspired by ...
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The production version of the Mazzanti Evantra V8 has debuted at Top Marques Monaco 2013. The flagship Evantra boasts Lamborghini-beating numbers, with its naturally aspirated 7.0-litre V8 producing 523kW of power at 6600rpm and 848Nm at ...
The Audi TT ultra quattro concept sheds a significant amount of weight, adds more power and retains all-wheel drive in time for its appearance at Volkswagen AG’s annual Worthersee tuning festival in Germany next month. The special ...
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Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) has supplied six electric buses to the the provincial government in Friesland in Netherlands. The automaker has delivered the 12m (40ft) transit bus that are powered by its Iron Phosphate ...
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In daily life Around the turn of the 20th century, bicycles reduced crowding in inner-city tenements by allowing workers to commute from more spacious dwellings in the suburbs. They also reduced dependence on horses. Bicycles allowed ...
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Modern bicycle brakes may be: rim brakes, in which friction pads are compressed against the wheel rims; internal hub brakes, in which the friction pads are contained within the wheel hubs; or disc brakes, with a separate rotor for braking. ...
The handlebars turn the fork and the front wheel via the stem, which rotates within the headset. Three styles of handlebar are common. Upright handlebars, the norm in Europe and elsewhere until the 1970s, curve gently back toward the rider, ...
The drivetrain begins with pedals which rotate the cranks, which are held in axis by the bottom bracket. Most bicycles use a chain to transmit power to the rear wheel. A very small number of bicycles use a shaft drive to transmit power, or ...
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The great majority of today's bicycles have a frame with upright seating which looks much like the first chain-driven bike. Such upright bicycles almost always feature the diamond frame, a truss consisting of two triangles: the front ...
A bicycle stays upright while moving forward by being steered so as to keep its center of mass over the wheels. This steering is usually provided by the rider, but under certain conditions may be provided by the bicycle itself. The ...
A bicycle, often called a bike (and sometimes referred to as a "pushbike", "pedal bike", "pedal cycle", or "cycle"), is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A ...
A sports car (sports car or sport car) is a small, usually two seat, two door automobile designed for spirited performance and nimble handling. Sports cars may be spartan or luxurious but high maneuverability and minimum weight are ...
A grand tourer (Italian: gran turismo) (GT) is a high-performance luxury automobile designed for long-distance driving. The most common format is a two-door coupé with either a two-seat or a 2+2 arrangement. The term derives from ...
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Muscle car is a term used to refer to a variety of high-performance automobiles. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines muscle cars as "any of a group of American-made 2-door sports coupes with powerful engines designed for high-performance ...
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